All Chapters of Alpha Ivan's Rogue Mate: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

I make King wait for me while I use the bathroom. That’s what I’ve decided to call the alpha’s wolf until I learn something different. He has the air of a benevolent king and the white spot on his one ear looks kind of like a crown. The name seemed fitting to me. I could hear him pacing back and forth outside of the bathroom door, impatient for me to join him. I quickly use the bathroom, brush my death and wash my face. No point in showering when I’m likely going to have to do that after our run anyway. I step out of the bathroom and King nearly knocks me over as he pushes at the backs of my legs to try and hurry me out of the door. “Alright, your majesty! I know that you want to go out, but can I get some shoes at least. Your human has to have a pair of flip flops that I can borrow,” I say laughing. King huffs out an annoyed puff of air but heads to some doors which I assume are the entrance to a closet. He turns to gi

The second that Jude opens the door to the stairwell, I know that he’s going to fuck this up for me. That shit-eating grin that comes onto his face tells me that he doesn’t understand what’s going on here and he’s going to open his big fat mouth. Fang, you have to let me take over. I have to stop Jude. He will tell her about the bet and she won’t have anything to do with us. I plead through the mindlink with my wolf. He wouldn’t do that in front of the girl the bet is about. He’s not that much of an asshole. Fang replies. And then Jude opens his mouth and proves Fang wrong. “Well, good morning. Though, I think that the two of you may have had a better morning than the rest of us,” I watch as his eyes move up and down Nova’s form and it’s all I can do to keep Fang from lunging towards his throat. And then he says the thing that puts the nail in my coffin. “Guess I’ll have to pony up and take over guard duty since you won

It’s evening when my parents find me in Nova’s hospital room, carrying food and a duffel bag with a change of clothes and some toiletries. “This is your mate? Our future Luna?” My mother’s voice, though bleeding the sadness that she feels about Nova’s condition, also holds a hint of excitement. This is what she’s wanted for me for a long time. And she’s made no secret of the fact that she wants grandpups ASAP. I can’t help but smile, though it’s small and pained. I know that Nova is a rogue, but finding out how she became one, even the scant details that I have, make me feel oddly better. People are only rogues for bad reasons, usually things that they have done themselves. Violent crimes. Rape. Frequent assaults. But that isn’t Nova. And I don’t know how I could have thought that the Goddess would have mated me with someone like that. It made me judge her. It made me less than ecstatic that she was my mate. If I had immediately accepted

One week later… The sharp smell of astringent is the first thing that registers as the blackness starts to fade. I open my eyes, squinting even in the low lights. I’m facing a bank of windows and can easily see that it seems to be the dead of night. I can see the moon shining in the sky, letting me know that I’m high up in the floors of whatever building I’m in. That doesn’t take long to figure out with the IV in my arm and the machine beeping along merrily beside me. The hospital. How the hell did I get here? Why am I here? Searching my memory, the last thing that I remember is reaching for my money in my room as I was trying to get away. Did Roy come home? Did he beat me? Based on the aches and pains in my body, as well as the pounding in my head, that seems likely. But how did I get to the hospital? I’ve never woken up in any place other than the room that I was beaten in.

I’m pushing the hospital food around on my plate, trying to make it look like I’ve actually been eating something. I mean, I know I need to eat. I need to build up my strength and all, but holy shit is this stuff bad. There’s like no seasoning. Everything is the texture of mush. I didn’t know that it was possible to burn something and have it partially frozen at the same time. Unfortunately, Dr. Fern is going to be pissed if I don’t eat. He said that me getting strong is the only way that he’ll let me out. And part of that is me eating my meals. Maybe I can order some food to my room? Pizza would definitely make me feel stronger. I’m trying to figure out if I can stomach a few more bites or if I should just risk flushing it down the toilet when there is a knock on the door to my room. Confused, I call, “Come in.” It’s weird that someone would be knocking on my door. The nurses knock, but they come right in, not waiting. And Ivan, the only other per